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RAXE500 New Firmware 1.0.12.96 released
BugFixes: 01/02/2023
Fixes the issue where a configuration through the router web interface causes a port conflict.
Fixes the issue where the router web interface shows that the guest WiFi netw...
Kudos to NETGEAR for including a list of “known issues” in the firmware release notes – which has not been previously done, from firmware 1.0.0.48 through 1.0.11.94.
P.S.: Publishing such a list was requested on the NETGEAR Idea Exchange in March, 2020 (see here).
Netgear usually publishes up date details when they go beyond "security updates".
Like many software coders, it does not describe security updates for obvious reasons. To keep the criminals in the dark.
Most firmware updates are purely security tweaks. Hence the lack of any details.
Saying that its been almost 6 months sine the last update for the RAXE500, you think they would want to either get OOKLA speed test working on PPPoE and sort the 40Mhz issue out. The router is mature now so I guess these are not major updates for Netgear with all hands rushing to Wi-Fi 7
None of the vendors seem to care about reliability anymore, even NetGear. The WiFi router business seems to be about selling a supposedly faster router with more features every year. If the router goes belly up every 36 hours, because the WiFi or DHCP is broken, then the customer can always restart or factory reset it, it’s not their focus. The residential customers are basically Guinea Pigs for everyone else. When a router starts favoring wireless traffic over wired traffic for speed it’s an excellent illustration that your business focus is seriously skewed…
It does feel like they have just abandoned the RAXE500 and are pushing wifi 7 now, even though its not going to be useful for a while and still they don't fix the speed test over PPPoE its really frustrating. Its been 6 months since the last update.
